'Remembering Our Fallen' exhibit opens at UW-M/WC

Traveling memorial honors Wisconsin soldiers who gave their lives

12:48 AM,
Nov. 14, 2012

Written by

Logan T. Carlson
Marshfield News-Herald

A traveling memorial honoring the ultimate sacrifice Wisconsin natives have made during the war on terror opened Tuesday thanks to the efforts of one area "Gold Star" mother who worked to bring the exhibit to Marshfield.

About 40 friends, family members and veterans attended the opening of the "Remembering Our Fallen" exhibit at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County, which features the names and pictures of the 130 Wisconsin servicemen and woman who have lost their lives since Sept. 11, 2001, including that of Staff Sgt. Joseph Altmann, a Marshfield resident who was killed ...